pāñchajanyaṁ hṛṣhīkeśho
devadattaṁ dhanañ-jayaḥ
pauṇḍraṁ dadhmau mahāśhaṅkhaṁ
bhīma-karmā vṛkodaraḥ
Meaning :
Krishna blew his conch named Panchajanya; Arjuna, his own called Devadatta; while Bhima who is capable of doing terrible deeds, blew his conch named Paundra.
Comment :
In this shloka, Krishna, Arjuna & Bhima are given special names and referred to.
Krishna is referred as "Hrishikesho", meaning, the owner of all the Indriya's(sensory organs) of living beings. It is considered that all the living beings are a part of God & hence, he is a part owner of the Indriya's. Here, he is referred as Hrishikesho due to the reason that he was giving direction to Arjuna in Kurukshetra war. Krishna aslo has a lot of other special names like Madhusudhana, Devakinandana, Govinda, Parthasarathi.
Arjuna is referred as "Dhanan-jayah", meaning, the procurer of Wealth. Arjuna got this name by collecting vast wealth for Yudhistira to perform various yajna's.
Bhima is referred as "Vrikodharah", meaning, the wolf-bellied. i.e, he eats a lot but is also slim at the same time, like that of a wolf. "Bhima-karma" means "one capable of performing terrible deeds".
Here, all the three persons are referred with special names and they also blew their celestial conchs spreading a high level of confidence to their supporters. Through the use of such special names their powers are being indirectly displayed.
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